Topic > New York

GuestAn entrepreneur and ex-MBA student asked me, “Why is it so hard for a woman to still get taken seriously by a venture capitalist?” The answer, as I discovered, may differ depending on whether she is in New York or on the West Coast.

Today AOL and the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute announced they’re partnering to build a Connected Experience Lab co-located in New York City and Israel. AOL is contributing millions of dollars to the project.

Founders of biotech incubator Harlem BioSpace are creating programs to connect under resourced kids to STEM programs outside the classroom to get kids excited about science and tech at the college level.

New York’s attorney general Eric Schneiderman reached a settlement with notorious patent troll MPHJ Technology Investments that bars the firm from sending “deceptive,” “abusive,” and threatening letters to small businesses, and requires MPHJ to pay back all the money it unfairly took.

Since a smartphone is such an attractor for thieves, what if you couldn’t sell a used one without proof of ownership? That’s the idea behind a new bill introduced Friday in the New York State Legislature.

No, they’re not homeless people. At least, not your standard variety. Rather, they’re waiting in line for the rumored new iPhone — five days before it will even be announced. And, of course, there’s no guarantee it will be available immediately.

Medical appointment business ZocDoc has raised a huge amount of cash and has good traction in its space. But the company has revealed that it has drawn $2 million of a new $55 million convertible debt note.

Twitter plotted all geo-tagged tweets for key global locations on a map. And the result is big data come to life — and a vision of how we move, where we live, and where we congregate in the largest numbers.

Big data and analytics startup Sociocast recently shifted its focus from enterprises to small and medium-sized businesses, but the move has already paid off with it serving more than 700 million calls from its flagship Prediction API in just a month.